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Movie Review round-up
I have been terribly remiss in keeping up. Life sometimes gets the better of all of us. Several reviews have gone up on buzzymag.com and I haven’t shared! Here are links for your edification: X-Men: Day of Future Past, Maleficent, and How to Train Your Dragon 2.
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Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Does Whatever a Spider Can
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a great movie for fans of the comic book-it’s got the “look and see” of traditional Spidey in all his teenaged angsty goodness. Both Spidey and Peter Parker pack a ton of growth into a really solid movie, with a great cast of supporting characters. See the full review at buzzymag.
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20 Minutes into the Future
Transcendence is a good idea, with a great cast, that maybe didn’t end up the way the writer or the director visualized it. There are certainly some interesting concepts here, and some of the ideas will keep you thinking long after the movie’s over. For more, see the full review at buzzymag.
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Infocom’s Adventure game & five Havana cats
I have twenty cats-it’s a by-product of being a cat show judge and long time cat breeder. In the past I’ve bred Maine coons and munchkins-now I’m working with Havanas, which are much less common. They also, for the most part, look alike.
The breed is only showable in two colors: chocolate and lilac, and the lilacs are very rare. Occasionally, an ( Read more... ) -
StoryBundle
Author Peter J. Wacks just pointed me toward http://storybundle.com/ - an opportunity to pick up a group of epic fantasy ebooks for . . . whatever you choose to pay. Authors include Neil Gaiman, David Farland, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Peter David, and Brandon Sanderson.
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What if you had all the time in the world?
If you could travel in time, you might have time for the things you wanted to do, or at the least the things you cared enough about to do right. That’s one of the core themes of About Time, the latest directorial effort from the man who brought you Love Actually. My full review is at buzzymag.
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The Girl on Fire is back
In a year filled with sequels and three-qals, Catching Fire was highly anticipated and certainly lived up to the hype. More of all the things that made The Hunger Games a big hit, with a different story to tell, and more, bigger everything. See my full review at buzzymag.
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A number of past Hunger Games-victors are also brought into play ( Read more... ) -
God of Thunder and Lightning
This movie picks up after the events of The Avengers, with the world reeling after the discovery of super-powered beings and picking up the pieces after the Battle of New York. There’s more Asgard this time, more physics, and some dark elves for good measure. And it all happens as the planets are moving into a great convergence. See what I had to ( Read more... ) -
Darkovercon 36 is this weekend!!
Darkovercon 36 (the very last Darkovercon ever) is this weekend.
Here’s where you’ll find me:
FRIDAY, 29 November
6pm - Greenspring Ballroom 3 -5
The Romance Invasion
[Panelists: Elektra Hammond(mod), Margaret L. Carter, Stephanie Dray, Katherine Kurtz, Rosemary Edghill]
How has the “Romance” genre affected the F&SF genres? What Romance themes or ( Read more... )
